PORTERVILLE, CA - As sustainability and energy efficiency continues to be a rising prerogative for the industry, Homegrown Organic Farms has announced that almost four acres of unused land will be dedicated to producing cleaner power through a new solar energy system.

“There is no denying the rising costs of doing business in our industry,” said Homegrown CEO, Scott Mabs, in a press release. “Implementing this solar energy system in Kingsburg will allow us to control production costs for our growers which in turn means better pricing to our retail and wholesale partners.”

The new system will be located at the company’s master facility, located in Kingsburg, CA, providing significant cost savings for Homegrown Organic as it continues to grow.

“The implementation of the solar energy system is yet another way we’re continuing to build on our Committed to Caring program in caring for the land, its people, and environment,” Cherie France, Homegrown’s Marketing Manager, said. “We are excited about this project and the benefit it will bring for growers and consumers alike.”

Among those benefits will be: 

• Over 1.5 million kW hours per year produced by the 1,050 kW system
• Help in offsetting a portion of the facility’s energy needs to pack and store fruit
• Producing enough energy to equate eliminating 65 million pounds of CO2 emissions over its 25-year lifetime

The company noted that that elimination of CO2 emissions is equivalent to taking 346 cars off the road.

The Committed to Caring initiative, which Homegrown Organic launched last year, is the company’s way of showing its efforts in maintaining its pledge of stewardship and properly caring for the land, according to its mission. As we reported previously, the company has reported outstanding response from its customers.

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